E-mail, Word Processing, etc.
Information Commons, 2nd floor

There are 37 PC and 8 iMac open access machines in the Information Commons East & West. The 50 PCs in the two classrooms are also available for use when classes aren't in session.

Each machine is loaded with Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Easy CD Creator, Dreamweaver and much more.

Printing costs 5 cents a page for black & white printing and fifty cents per page for color laser printing charged to your U-Bill. Cash is not accepted. There is a $1.00 minimum charge. Persons not affiliated with the University of Iowa will be billed through the University Business Office.

For more information visit the Information Commons Computer page.

Workstations for Database Searching
Reference Area, 3rd floor

The machines on the 3rd (main) floor of the library are available for database searching.

Multimedia Workstations
Information Commons East, 2nd floor

Four multimedia workstations are available in the Information Commons East. The setup includes a pair of color flatbed scanners, a slide scanner, several digital cameras, a laserdisc player, video digitizing hardware, a small QTVR object rig, and many software tools. Contact the Information Commons for more information.

Laptop & PDA Checkout

Laptops are available to checkout in the Information Commons East. See our handout Wireless Zone for more information.

PDAs loaded with drug software* are available for checkout in the Information Commons East. For additional PDA resources see our PDA site.

Please contact the Information Commons for technical support.

[* Lexi-Drugs Platinum, ePocrates, Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia, Clinical Pharmacology OnHand ; Note: half of the PDAs have ePocrates and the other half have Tarascon]